DHCP Best practices including 80/20 rule
Our current DHCP environment is in need of overhaul. We have 60 scopes currently, running on one clustered server. This has been in place for several years, and is also a file server.
We intend to relocate this onto dedicated redundant servers. I've been reading several MS documents where they recommend setting up 2 servers with the same scope, set up with one server to issue 80% of the addresses and the other to issue 20%. Doesn't the 20% just run out and stop giving out addresses?
What do others here do? We have approximately 350 servers and 3000 desktops, along with several hundred other IP devices.
We will also be overhauling DNS and WINS, so if that matters I'd love to hear the suggestions. We use Active Directory integrated DNS with a single forest/domain.
Dan
We intend to relocate this onto dedicated redundant servers. I've been reading several MS documents where they recommend setting up 2 servers with the same scope, set up with one server to issue 80% of the addresses and the other to issue 20%. Doesn't the 20% just run out and stop giving out addresses?
What do others here do? We have approximately 350 servers and 3000 desktops, along with several hundred other IP devices.
We will also be overhauling DNS and WINS, so if that matters I'd love to hear the suggestions. We use Active Directory integrated DNS with a single forest/domain.
Dan
you should have all scopes on both servers. Then active 40% on one and 60% on teh other. This was the will not cross scopes and if one dies, you just activate the other scopes.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/75cd0e1f-f464-40ea-ac88-2060e6769f331033.mspx?mfr=true
You allocate 80% of the addresses to be given out to one server. The 20% needs to be given out by the other. The DHCP server setup will not be identical.
so, in C class a subnet DHCP server 1 would give out IPs 192.168.100.100 - 192.168.100.180 and DHCP2 would give out 192.168.100.181 - 192.168.100.200
Per http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b9b1845d-19f2-4f13-8a7b-95ca35b021981033.mspx?mfr=true
You set them with the same scopes and different exclusion ranges.
You allocate 80% of the addresses to be given out to one server. The 20% needs to be given out by the other. The DHCP server setup will not be identical.
so, in C class a subnet DHCP server 1 would give out IPs 192.168.100.100 - 192.168.100.180 and DHCP2 would give out 192.168.100.181 - 192.168.100.200
Per http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b9b1845d-19f2-4f13-8a7b-95ca35b021981033.mspx?mfr=true
You set them with the same scopes and different exclusion ranges.
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I understand, Brent, but how does that help since it seems to me that the one issuing 20% will give all it's addresses out before the one with 80%.
For example: A scope has 200 addresses. Server A gives out 1-160, server B gives out 161-200. If there are 150 clients, wouldn't server B be almost out of leases all the time? Is that what you see in reality?
For example: A scope has 200 addresses. Server A gives out 1-160, server B gives out 161-200. If there are 150 clients, wouldn't server B be almost out of leases all the time? Is that what you see in reality?
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Thanks, Brent. Good link that was new to me as well. Good food for thought.